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Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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15th Prime Minister of Canada
April 20, 1968 - June 4, 1979
March 3, 1980 - June 30, 1984
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Born
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- October 18, 1919, Montreal, Quebec
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Education
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- Jean de Brebeuf College, B.A. 1940
- University of Montreal, LL.L. 1943
- Harvard University, M.A. Political Economy 1945
- Ecole des sciences politiques, Paris 1946-1947
- London School of Economics 1947-1948
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Personal Status
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- Married 1971, Margaret Sinclair (b.1948)
- Three sons
- Divorced 1984
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Professional Life
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- Lawyer (called to the Quebec Bar in 1943, to the Ontario Bar in
1967)
- 1949-1951 Adivsor to the Privy Council
- 1950 Co-founder and co-director, Cite libre
- 1961-1965 Associate Professor of Law, University of Montreal
- 1961-1965 Researcher, Institut de recherches en droit public
- Author
- Law consultant
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Died
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- September 28, 2000, Montreal, Quebec
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Buried
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Party
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- Liberal
- 1968-1984 Party Leader
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Constituencies
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- 1965-1984 Mount Royal, Quebec
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Other Ministries
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- 1967-1968 Justice
- 1968 Acting President of the Privy Council
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Political Record
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- Official Languages Act 1969
- October Crisis (implementation of War Measures Act) 1970
- Appointed Muriel McQueen Fergusson first woman Speaker of the
Senate 1972
- Wage and Price Controls 1975
- Leader of the Opposition 1979-1980
- Significant role in the victory of the "No" forces in
the Quebec Referendum on Sovereignty-Association 1980
- Appointed Jeanne Sauvé first woman Speaker of the House of
Commons 1980
- Canadian Charter of Rights 1982
- Constitution Act 1982
- Appointed Jeanne Sauve Canada's first woman Govenor General 1984
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Source: Government of Canada |
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